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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 13h

Schmitt is one “of those who worship dirty gods.” “Cymbeline”

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Senate Democrats @democrats.senate.gov · 14h

Senate Republicans JUST BLOCKED Democrats’ legislation to stop Pres. Trump from terminating health care for up to 2 million Americans on the Affordable Care Act @baldwin.senate.gov on how Trump and Republicans are jeopardizing care for millions of Americans and increasing costs.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 14h

“In cruelty will I seek out my fame.” “Henry VI, Part 2”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 17h

Is this the plot of Carl Hiassen’s next novel?

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 17h

The Bard to Republicans: “Were shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless.” “Henry VI, Part 3”

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 18h

HOLD UP. A US Senator just royally f*cked up on live TV in a crucial hearing. This isn't a 'misunderstanding.' This was a high stakes political ploy to set a perjury trap for Jack Smith and it failed miserably. Say that. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...

Live Updates: Jack Smith, Who Charged Trump, Testifies in Combative Hearing

Republicans have called for the former special counsel to be criminally prosecuted. One Republican senator accused Mr. Smith of perjury, though the accusation appeared to be based on a misunderstanding.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 18h

The Bard to Kennedy: “To say nothing, to do nothing, to know nothing, and to have nothing, is to be a great part of your title, which is within a very little of nothing.” “All’s Well That Ends Well”

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 19h

Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 19h

The Bard to Schmitt: “Whether dost thou profess thyself, a knave or a fool?…I will subscribe for thee, thou art both knave and fool.” “All’s Well That Ends Well”

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 22h

Jack Smith's opening statement before SJC: “I stand by my decisions as Special Counsel, including my decision to bring charges against Trump. .. Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt .. I will not be silenced by the continued threats of prosecution" thehill.com/homenews/sen...

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Jack Smith stresses strength of Trump cases, says he will not be ‘silenced’ by threats

Former special counsel Jack Smith stressed in prepared remarks that it was the evidence tied to President Trump’s own actions that prompted him to bring charges against Trump. The opening statement…

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21h

Jack Smith: “We had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump committed serious crimes”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Were shame enough to shame thee wert thou not effing shameless.” Could apply to Trump, Johnson, Blanche, Lawler, Collins, Rubio…

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

J.J. McCarthy had as many tackles yesterday for the Giants as Abdul Carter and one fewer than Kayvon Thibodeaux.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They are more dutiful stenographers than timid bystanders because they play a collaborative role when mutely transcribing and recording the abuse heaped on them.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here's an excerpt -- read the whole column and tell me what you think

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“It cannot be this weak and writhled shrimp should strike such terror to his enemies.” “Henry VI, Part 1”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Useless interview by the stenographer Raddatz. Twice she let Blanche filibuster on without fact-checking and responded, “O.K.” No questions to Blanche about his refusal to hand over court-mandated notes from the Epstein files.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Congress doesn’t pass the SAVE act, so SCOTUS gives it to Trump. “Where I have seen corruption boil and bubble till it o’er-run the stew.” “Measure for Measure”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Shall our coffers, then, be emptied to redeem a traitor home? Shall we but treason? and indent with fears, when they have lost and forfeited themselves?” “Henry IV, Part 1”

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Benjamin Slyngstad @slyngstad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A #FreePress reflects back a true picture of a despot. That’s why he goes after them.

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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 24/09/2026

Trump’s decision to host a G20 summit at a business he personally owns is a real problem. Rewarding Putin with an invitation to the summit makes the problem so much worse. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

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Trump keeps finding new ways to give Putin unearned rewards, inviting backlash

The president’s decision to host a G20 summit a Trump-owned business is a problem. Inviting the Russian leader makes the problem worse.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Conservatives desperately want cultural supremacy and yet they are incapable of producing art. I don't even mean great or good art, I mean "works that are arguably artistic." Every cultural artifact they produce in any medium is instantly recognizable as vapid, disposable, and unworthy of attention.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty," wrote Camus.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Isn’t Trump’s press ban a clear-cut case of discrimination? He is denying access to three press outlets trying to do their jobs while providing access to their competitors.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“In cruelty will I seek out my fame,” said Stephen Miller, channeling Young Clifford from Shakespeare’s Henry VI.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Trump is the imperfect figurehead of a corrupt cabal of plutocrats and ideological fanatics, who have used his political movement to foment something like a revolution, short of igniting civil war: Collapse the democratic order domestically, replace it with a right-wing autocracy.”

open.substack.com

The Revolution Has Been Televised—It’s About To Fail

The task for Democrats now is to keep the wounded, zombie version of it from encroaching further or clawing its way back to power.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Too late for MAGA Mike: “The unfriendly elements forgot thee utterly: nor have I time to give thee hallow'd to thy grave, but straight must cast thee, scarcely coffin'd, in the ooze.” “Pericles”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Too late, Byron: “…the slime that sticks on filthy deeds.” “Othello”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Courtesy itself must convert to disdain if you come in her presence.” “Much Ado About Nothing”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“I’m not saying we won’t get our hair mussed,” claims General Turgidson. “I’m saying 10 to 20 million killed—tops—depending on the breaks.”

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is remarkable investigative reporting by @propublica.org into a pay to play scheme involving Sen Collins. Stop whatever you are doing and read it. The corruption is staggering but the Trump admin killed the investigation. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Stumbling through a report on another book he never read.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Marc Elias: The media’s “capitulation doesn’t mean Trump has cut them any slack. As we approach the midterm elections, Trump's attacks on the media are intensifying, and the effects of years of compromise are catching up with the once-proud members of the fourth estate.”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty," wrote Camus. Or as Orwell may or may not have said, “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed; everything else is public relations.”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“If you think back to the beginning of this catastrophe, there was a lot of folding, a lot of capitulation and institutional cowardice.” “It would be nice if we said, ‘If you come in trying to violate our Constitution, we’re going to stand up to you and not work an angle for our personal interests’”

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Stenography is not journalism. Legitimate media (whoever they are) need to stop acting as transcribers.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Dem candidates need clear messaging that ties their opponents to the anchor that is Trump dragging down the Republican party.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

They’ll act, as they always do, out of self-interest, not integrity or service to the country.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump won’t feel comfortable until he’s in the early teens.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Stenographers need not apply. There are enough of them already in the pool.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Was the whole [NYT 175th] celebration a trifle too self-congratulatory, too self-important? Maybe so, given the state of American democracy and journalism now. The Times (and Big Journalism in general) has pulled its punches far too often in normalizing this president and this administration.”

margaretsullivan.substack.com

The yin and the yang of the New York Times —again

Plus, Trump’s move to ban news organizations, and three books that help to make sense of it all

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“I’ve seen many bad people here, people who are greedy, dishonest, capable even of betrayal. We’ve got one terrible man, Epstein, who came here from some little town…” (You thought this was a description of Trump and his complicit party and MAGA base, didn’t you?)

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“On the death of Stalin and the sudden examination of conscience and sense of guilt over their moral weakness by so many who had bowed down to him.” Republicans: Take note of the moribund Trump.

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ernie Accorsi, the former New York Giants GM (1998-2006), who hired Tom Coughlin as coach and drafted Eli Manning, died Saturday at age 84. In my interview with him in 2007 he told me an interesting story about lip reading in football. R.I.P., Ernie. jk-outofcontext.blogspot.com/2020/04/one-...

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jkavanagh.bsky.social @jkavanagh.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trump is Poe’s M. Valdemar, not quite dead but deliquescing frightfully before our eyes.

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